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Jun, 2016
Cash Shortfall & LGD – Two Sides of the Same Coin
Under IFRS 9, Expected Credit Loss (ECL) for financial instruments should be an unbiased and probability weighted amount, which is determined by evaluating a range of possible outcomes. To meet this requirement, banks will be required to determine “Expected” default path of the financial instruments and estimate the possible “Credit Losses” along that path. IFRS 9 defines “Credit Loss” in terms of “Cash Shortfall” or credit loss estimation through projected cash flow discounting. However, there is little explicit information available as to how “Cash Shortfall” should be computed; should it be computed separately or along […]
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